Barbara Pagani's Tresor Cache 101

Here are the final results of the crackle medium that I used by Americana after adding Liquitex varnish. It was not at all what I expected but it still turned out pretty cool. This is a 6 x 12 mini painting and then just for the fun of it, I put it in the virtual museum to see what it would look like blown up. 

Testing this crackle medium because I found the Kroma too expensive and the Golden Crackle was on back order. So far, I am loving the unique crackle that it gave. Here is what I did with it. First I applied a Golden mixed light pale green, let it dry. I applied a thick even coat of the crackle medium and let it dry 24 hours. Then I applied Golden Napthtol red light and let it dry. It didn't really crackle too much and made the light red look more orange. I painted a flower design with Montana paint markers and let dry. Then I applied one of my favourite colours, Golden Prussian Blue Hue to the background and let it dry. Here are the results on a mini 6 x 12                                                                 still wet                         ...

I came across this technique by artist Carol Nelson and this is one technique I would love to play with. As indicated by Carol,  This painting glows because the rock shapes are painted on aluminum foil with transparent Golden fluid acrylics.  The light bounces off the foil and back through the paint glazes, giving a remarkable glowing effect. Source:  http://carolnelsonfineart.blogspot.ca/ Crackle paste